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A15998	Daniel his Chaldie visions and his Ebrevv: both translated after the original: and expounded both, by reduction of heathen most famous stories vnto the exact proprietie of his wordes (which is the surest certaintie what he must meane:) and by ioyning all the Bible, and learned tongues to the frame of his worke; Bible. O.T. Daniel. English. Broughton.	Broughton, Hugh, 1549-1612.	1596 (1596)	STC 2785; ESTC S106760	138,033	158

Mount Taurus with his forces and was killed by guile he obteined the kingdome being then not past fifteene Also for the time Polybius writeth thus About one time Ptolemy left this life by sicknesse Ptolemy called Philopator succeeded in the kingdom At the same time Seleucus fitz Seleucus Callinicus or Pogon departed this life Antiochus his brother succeeded in the kingdome of Assyria This was by his account about 100. yeares after Alexanders death These be thou are good co● enters for this too as for all the rest c Antiochus continued voyages and ouerflowed with prosperou● successe Now he was restored a● the Angel telleth Polybius vnwares expoundeth Daniel Booke .5 He sheweth how Diodotus Lieutenant to Philopator in Coelesyria wherein Iudea is euill recompenced for good seruice agreed with Antiochus to yeeld vnto him the Cities in Coelesyria He willingly accepted that hope and the matter was put in speedy execution By the way he wan Seleucus his ance●tour● strongest hold situated betwixt Cilicia and Phoenice vpon the sea that is betwixt Cyprus and Phoenice which Euergetes wanne from his father and Philopator held Presently Diodotus sent him word that he held Ptolemais himselfe for him and Tyrus by one Panaetolus One Nicolaus from Philopator besieged Diodotus but Antiochus campe raised the siege wan both Townes well furnished for warres Then lesser townes yeelded without resistance When Ptolemy openly betrayed neither could nor sought to help So Antiochus recouered the most places of Syria and Phoenice Here we may see how the counsell of God is brought about in mans cōfusiō that Iudaea should be stil vexed betwixt two kingdomes mightie North and South the legs of Daniels Image beare a proportiō from him which proportioned all the earth This particular naming of places neare Iudaea may serue to many good purposes beside the present argument of shewing what special care the gracious goodnes of God had for to make these matters cleare which might allure all the world vnto Christ * In th'Arab Geogr. it is called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 where 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is standing high after the Arab. is the fittest notation * The Angel vseth Daniels terme Cha. 8.7 spoken no elsewhere shewing his notice reuerence and loue to Daniel d Polybius liuing with Scipio the noble warrier in this age recordeth this warre in more particulars then Penelope saw the description of the Troian where was Simois where Priamus palace where Achilles where Vlysses tents and all other affaires He describeth Raphia where they fought how it is the next Citie to Egypt after Rinocolura and neare Gaza He reckeneth the chieftaines of what nation they were what companies and what nations they had vnder them of what number as Ptolemies footemen 70000. Horse 5000. Elephants 73. Antiochus footmen 62000. Horse 6000. Elephants 102. Also he telleth all the fighting where at the last beyond all hope Philopater hath a great victorie and such an hand ouer Antiochus that if he could haue pursued with courage he might haue spoyled him of his kingdome The 12. v. may well containe the pride of Philopater against God and destruction of the Iewes handled Mach. 3. And as well may be applied vnto the greatnesse of his victorie and licentiousnesse thereupon which Iustine booke 30. doth note to haue bene the beginning of the decay of his court Also Polybius noteth that Cleomenes king of Spar● being with him a prisoner seeing his behauiour vpon aduantage slue him e All these matters may best be hādled together proceeding in one tenor of victories We may see here most liuely howe Iudaea is wasted by the fourth beast which hath teeth of iron steely weapons how it treadeth vnder foote that which it doth not eat Ioseph Ant. 12.3 toucheth the most of all this How Antiochus wanne Iudea how after Philopaters death Antiochus Epiphanes sent Scopas into Syria who recouered many townes and by warres ouercame Iudea how Antiochus not long after ouercame Scopas destroyed a great part of his armie how the Iewes yeelded vnto him willingly and holpe him to besiege Ptolemies garrisons which held the castle For all this Polybius booke 16. is cited of Iosephus that the heathen stil may be iudges of Daniel Also he recordeth the placing of his daughter Cleopatra to Ptolemy Epiphanes yeelding vnto him Coele Syria Samaria Iudea Phoenice in the name of a dowrie Moreouer he recordeth what fauour he shewed vnto the Iewes for their willingnesse of subiection and affording victuals vnto his armie how he restored Ierusalem left almost voyd of men so it was wasted by his armies afore and warres of contrarie victors and how he graunted many immunities for the Citizens and the Priests All this from the verie Decree of Antiochus Moreouer he touched Lydia Phrygia reigned by Antiochus and how from Mesopotamia and Babylonia he remoued thither 2000. families of Iewes as the most trustie of all his subiectes fittest to represse all stirres there that the Lagidae made vpon losse of those countreys And for proofe of his narration he bringeth an whole Epistle of Antiochus written to his Generall Zeuxis That record testifieth how manie Iewes resisted the king of the North. Now touching them which were caried away by Philopaters allurements to be lawlesse and to forsake religion Antiochus Decree graunting all Iudah their owne lawes containeth also in effect the rooting out of the other and plaine reason would tell that Iudah would stirre him vnto that Their allurements from religion is touched Machab. 3. how the king of Egypt entised Iewes vnto Atheisme Appian also in his Syriaques toucheth much of this how Antiochus wanne from Ptolemy Syria and Cilicia and came with an exceeding great armie how he pretended the giuing of his daughter in mariage to Ptolemy and yet thought to haue inuaded Egypt and missing of that hope gaue to Ptolemy his daughter and Syria in dowrie This much the heathen knew The Angell telleth euen his heart and counsell that by his daughter he thought to haue dispatched Ptolemy Philometor and noteth his dulnesse how when he meant to dispatch the other his action tended rather to destroy her But that she tooke another safer course Also for the Isles that is Greekes countreys and the beginning of falling out with the Romanes Appian doth record that He nameth Hellesponteos Aeoleas Ionas Phocaea Euboia Delos Samos conquered by him and also his going ouer vnto Thrace And how Smyrnaei with Lampsaceni and other● resisting him sent Ambassadours vnto the Romane Proconsul who debated the matter with Antiochus why he should come from Media to Hellespontus with so great an armie and why he tooke Syria and Cilicia from Ptolemie how after many other Ambassages nothing toward peace falling out Antiochus raigning ouer many and mightie nations set vpon the sea coasts and Romanes being killed and captiued in Delos the Romane warres brake out and Lucius Scipio the Consul●s ordained General The 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or state here

Philopator to his great encouragement hauing foure hundred horse Pella Camous Gephron Abila Galatis became also his And Gadara one of the strongest holds there In Arabia Tarabata Massana was won by him with much paines thereupon Rabat Aman where companies that shrunke vnto him he sent to keepe the quarters of Samaria All this Polybius recordeth that we may looke vnto the Angels words how he should prosper so farre as the Angel sayd Make voyages and ouerflowe and recouer his fathers losses and come euen vnto the fortresse of Egygt to fight with the King of the South at his owne Fortresse at Raphia Of which towne Strabo speaketh thus Beyonde Gaza standeth Raphia where the field was fought betweene Ptolemy the fourth and Antiochus the great Then Rinocolura Syrbonis and other parts of Egypt So famous God would haue the Angels terme here of Fortresse to be Of Ptolemy Philopator and his Armie gotten to be great against Antiochus the great after which victorie he is a seauenth Horne to Iudah And the king of the South shall deale fiercely and come forth and fight with the other with the king of the North and shall set forth a great multitude and the other multitude shall be giuen into his hand And that multitude shalbe ouerthrowne and his hart will be hautie and hauing cast downe tennes of thousands yet he shal not be of force For the king of the North shall againe set foorth a greater multitude then the former And at the end of times that is yeares he shall come often with a mightie armie and great riches Wherfore in those times many shal stand against the king of the South But the lawlesse children of thy people will be caried away at the stablishing of the vision and shall come to nothing And the king of the North shall come and cast vp mounts and shal surprise any the strongest towne the armes of the South shall not be able to withstand him nor his chosen people nor any kind of strength be to withstand But he that cometh against him shall do what he list and none shall stand before him And he shall stand in the land Tzeby and it shall he wasted by his forces And he shall set his face to come with the might of all his kingdome pretending matter of agreement which he shall bring about For he shall giue him a daughter of women euen as to destroy her But she will not stand I meane she will not be for him And he shall turne his face vnto the Isles and take many But a state shal make his shame rest on him selfe without his owne shame he shall pay him againe The death of Antiochus the great And he shall turne his face vnto the fortes of his owne land but he shalbe ouerthrowne and fall and be no more found Of Seleuc. Philopator the 9. Horne Then shall stand vp in his place a sender foorth of an extortioner in the honour of the kingdom But he shalbe broken within few dayes yet not in open anger nor in battell Of Antiochus Epiphanes the 10. horne in whom the iron of the Syriaque legge doth end and on whom the rest of Daniel goeth how he is a litle horne a plucker away of three before him of his brother by Heliodorus sleight though he after would haue raigned of his brothers sonne and of his sister Cleopatras sonne and how he had eyes like a priuate man and a mouth speaking presumptuous things In his place there shall stand vp a vile person to whom they shall not giue the honour of the kingdome but he shall come quietly and get the kingdome by subtleties And by armes ouerthrowing they shalbe ouerthrowne before him and shalbe broken as also the Prince of the couenant Through the ioyning together with whom he shall worke deceiptfully and shall come vp and ouercome with a small people Vnto a quiet state and vnto the fatnesse of the countrey shall he come and he shal do that which his fathers haue not done nor his fathers fathers he shall spoile and rob and scatter riches among thē also he shall forecast deuises against the strong holds and this for a good while The dealings of Antiochus Epiphanes touching Ptolemie Philometor and Iudah whence the troubles of Iuda 1. Mach. begin Also he shall stirre-vp his strength and his hart against the king of the South with a great armie and the king of the South shall combat in warre with an armie very great and strong But he shall not stand because they will cast deuises for him And they that eate the portion of his meate shall breake him and the other army shall ouerflow and many slaine shall fall And both the kings harts shalbe set on mischief at one table leasing will they speake But it shall not prosper for the end is yet to come at a set time And he shall returne into his land with great riches And shall set his hart against the holy couenant and practise and preuaile and returne into his owne land And at a set time he shall come againe into the South but it shall not be as the former and as a later voyage For shippes of Chittim shall come against him wherefore he shall fret yet returne and fume against the holy couenant and practise and returne and haue intelligence with them that forsake the holy couenant And armes shall stand on his part which shall pollute the Sanctuary of strength and shall take away the cōtinuall sacrifice they shal set vp their lothsome faithlesse worker of desolation The dealing of Antiochus against Iudaea I Thinke it good to touch briefly all Antiochus dealings against Iudaea here together vvhich are conteind vers 28. and from vers 30. vnto vers 40. vvholly Thus it standeth at his going to Aegypt he delt vvith the Iewes that forsake Gods Law and there begin the dayes 2300. in the 142. since Alexanders death In 143. he returneth and dealeth in open crueltie then he had further intelligence vvith them tha forsake thet holy couenant This is plentifully handled in 1. M●ch 1. vers 23. how he polluted and robbed the temple After two full yeares 145. of the Greekes Iason a mischieuous dealer against the holy couenant with 1000. men did set vpon Ierusalem and made great slaughter sparing none Now Antiochus returning from Aegypt and knowing this thought that the nation would rebell and minded to vveaken them more 2. Mach. 5.11 He surprised the holie Citie hauing Menelaus his leader vvho most vvickedly forsooke the holie couenant he destroyed 80000. in three dayes some slaine some sold and he charged that no age nor sex should be spared and such as fled vnto the hous-toppes should be kild cruelly So young and old men and vvomen boyes gyrles and infants vvere slaine This the Angell foretold that they should fall by sword fire captiuitie spoiles he should not regard the tendernesse of vvoman Now touching